Pilot practicing ahead of New York Air Show crashes, dies

The accident happened just after 2 p.m. at Stewart International Airport in New Windsor, which is hosting the show, the Federal Aviation Administration said. “He was doing a practice run for the airshow,” said Lucchessi who was at the scene of the crash. “The plane is visible.NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — A pilot was killed after his propeller-driven stunt plane crashed while practicing tricks for a weekend air show in Orange County Friday afternoon, state police said. Benjamin Granucci, who uploaded the photo on Twitter before taking it down, said he believes it was a 1998 Giles G-202 — an aerobatic, fixed-wing single-seater. “What I saw was the aircraft come in for a dive.